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Panthers at Lightning When/where: 7:30 p.m., Amalie Arena, Tampa TV: FSF; Radio: 740-AM. Scouting report: The Panthers begin the vital five-game trip off back-to-back home wins over Detroit and Boston. They are 1-0-1 against the Lightning this season, but haven't won since April 27, 2013 at Tampa, where they are 25-24-6-3 all-time. The Panthers are 1-4 in their past five away games, but 5-2 in their past seven overall. The Lightning, making a strong push for the top seed in the Atlantic Division (two points behind Montreal), have won seven of their past nine games. Both teams are coming off wins over Boston, with the Lightning ending a 10-game losing streak to the Bruins with a 5-3...

At his introductory press conference less than 24 hours before Sunday evening's game against the Lightning, Jaromir Jagr was asked what he could bring to the Panthers at the ripe old age of 43.The five-time scoring champ smirked and confidently said:...

The Panthers had no where to go but up when it came to their abysmal 30th-ranked power play last season.
While they have improved slightly from a paltry success rate of 10 percent last season — the lowest since the Wild's 9.6 percent in 2000-01 — to 13...

— With much of the preseason conversation revolving around the Panthers' baby-faced corps of talented defensemen throughout their organization such as teenage rookie Aaron Ekblad, it's easy to forget that six-year NHL veteran Dmitry Kulikov is still six...

Statistics in professional sports can often help coaches and players figure out how, why and when they won or lost the game.
Statistical trends could be a players' best friend or worst enemy, causing them to press when slumping or be ridiculed for the...

CORAL SPRINGS — Panthers coach Gerard Gallant has made it abundantly clear in a good-natured manner that he hates when anybody labels his four forward lines based on their prowess.
So the mere mention that his recent move of promoting gritty forward...

If the revamped Panthers were looking for a confidence-building win in their final preseason game Saturday night at Amalie Arena, they need to search elsewhere.
Perhaps they'll find some chemistry, cohesiveness and confidence over the next three days...

CORAL SPRINGS – Eleven years ago this month, a promising rookie center drafted in the first round joined the Panthers for the final weeks of the season. In his NHL debut on April 3, 2002, he scored a goal against the Penguins at home.
“I thought this...

The Tampa Bay Lightning owned the Montreal Canadiens all season. Despite being depleted by injuries, the Lightning completed a five-game, season-series sweep of Montreal with a 5-3 victory on Monday night. Lightning goalie Ben Bishop had two assists,...

TAMPA, Fla. The Detroit Red Wings started on time. Jimmy Howard was solid. All that lacked, in a scenario that's become common of late, was a pair of points. The Wings left Amalie Arena Friday having lost 3-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit's...

Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Sunday. Aaron Ekblad, Brad Boyes and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers. Al Montoya made 20 saves, and Jonathan Huberdeau had three assists....

When Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen was conked on the back of the head by the crossbar of a tipped-over goal Sunday, it left him feeling the way his team played.
Dazed, slow, out of sorts.
The Ducks' 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning was packed with...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The World Cup of Hockey will be making a long-awaited return in 2016.
The tournament will feature eight teams with the games played in Toronto before NHL training camps open in September.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL...

PHILADELPHIA — Jake Voracek was one of five Flyers to score in the second period, leading Philadelphia to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.
Voracek, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Mark Streit and Brayden Schenn all scored in a 6...

It was a year ago Tuesday that Steven Stamkos' hockey career was put into peril.
The Tampa Bay Lightning winger, one of the NHL's brightest stars, suffered a gruesome broken leg during a game against the Boston Bruins on Oct. 11, 2013 and was taken off...

In Joel Quenneville's defense-first system of hockey, full-throttle, end-to-end action can be detrimental to the Blackhawks coach's head.
"I think he pulls out his hair when it happens," Hawks winger Bryan Bickell said.
With the...